You Called an Ambulance for What? by Tim Booth
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Tim Booth is shocked when his first emergency call-out for someone short of breath turns out to be an adult man with a blocked nose. Far from beginner's luck, this turns out to be an omen for the rest of his paramedic career. Between the obligatory stories of objects lodged in body cavities to grown me ...Show more
You Changed My Life by Abdel Sellou
$23.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
"You Saved My Life" tells the extraordinary true story of the charming Algerian con-man whose friendship with a disabled French aristocrat inspired the record-breaking hit film, "The Intouchables."""Sellou's fictional reincarnation, Driss, played to critical acclaim by French comedian Omar Sy in the mov ...Show more
You Gotta Want It by Jake Paul
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
A humorous, motivational memoir in the vein of Tyler Oakley's Binge and Marcus Butler's Hello Life, from high-energy comedic social media phenomenon Jake Paul. How do you become Vine famous? What is life like when you have millions of followers on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram? In this extr ...Show more
You Shouldn't Have Joined... by Peter Cosgrove
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK AC (Mil) CVO MC (Retd) is one of Australia's most significant public figures. As a soldier he saw action in Vietnam, winning the Military Cross, and rose to the very top of his profession, becoming Chief of the Defence Force. Soon after his retirement from the Army, he was ...Show more
You Will Not Have My Hate by Antoine Leiris
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. What matters most in life? How do you build a happy life when terrible things happen? What is left behind when you lose the person you love the most? One night last winter, Antoine Leiris was at home looking after his son while his wife, Helene, was at a concert with friend ...Show more
Your Own Kind of Girl by Clare Bowditch
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
ARIA Award-winning singer and actress Clare Bowditch confronts her inner critic in this no-holds-barred memoir. This is the story I promised myself, aged twenty-one, that I would one day be brave enough - and well enough - to write. Clare Bowditch has always had a knack for telling stories. Through her ...Show more
Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
At only eighteen months old, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water, resulting in third-degree burns over 35 percent of her body. She miraculously survived, but burned and scarred, the impact would stay with her and become an obstacle she was determined to ...Show more
You've Got To Be Kidding: a shedload of wine & a farm full of goats by Todd Alexander
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
The steep-climb highs and free-fall lows of my rollercoaster rural life They say it takes 10,000 hours to master a new skill. Well, seven years (60,000 hours) since former city boys Todd and Jeff moved to the country they should have nailed this whole farming gig, right? Yes, they make lovely wine and ...Show more
Yvonne Barrett - A Beautiful Life Cut Tragically Short by Damian Johnstone
$40.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Blurb: Yvonne Barrett was a talented singer and dancer whose career began when she was just a child. Appearing on some of the most iconic programs of the fifties, sixties and seventies, Yvonne was for many years a household name. Her story is a trip through a unique era in entertainment and show busines ...Show more
... and What Do You Do? - What the Royal Family Don't Want You to Know by Norman Baker
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
A hard-hitting analysis of the royal family, exposing its extravagant use of public money and the highly dubious behaviour of some among its ranks, whilst being critical of the knee-jerk sycophancy shown by the press and politicians. Baker also considers the wider role the royals play in British society ...Show more
big beautiful female theory (Shortlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize) by Eloise Grills
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
big beautiful female theory is an anarchic and vital memoir unlike anything you've read before. Part feminist manifesto, part comic book, it is a carnivalesque exploration of the ways identity is formed through culture, relationships and the weight of society's expectations. With breathtaking honesty an ...Show more
defy your destiny by giovanni fiori
$39.95 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Born in Africa, at the age of twelve Fiori Giovanni's marriage was already arranged. By fourteen, she was recruited into the Eritrean army. Her destiny, like that of so many girls in Third World countries, had been dictated, defined and determined. It was yet, though, to be defied.At fifteen, Fiori made ...Show more